-Caveat Lector-
Dangers of a Drunk Dubya
By DOUG THOMPSON
Sep 23, 2005, 08:39
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According to the National Enquirer, President George W. Bush, an alcoholic,
is drinking again.
In normal times, such a story in a tabloid like the Enquirer would be
dismissed as just another fantasy for the newspaper that normally devotes
its front page to gossip about celebrity divorces. But an America with Bush
as President is anything but normal and too many warning signs point to the
sad fact that Dubya the drunk is back on the bottle. Plus we reported the
same thing in a story about Bushs temper tirades on August 25.
Like the President, Im a recovering alcoholic. Unlike him, Ive been sober
for 11 years, three months and 16 days. Bush says he quit drinking without
help from any organized program. I had a lot of help from family, friends
and Alcoholics Anonymous. As an alcoholic, I can say without hesitation
that available evidence tells me that Bush is drinking and drinking heavily.
The signs have been there for too long. Bush fell off a couch after, his
aides say, falling asleep. He has appeared in public with bruises on his
face, the kind of injuries a person would suffer from falling in
alcohol-impaired conditions. He disappears from public view for extended
periods, takes more vacations than other Presidents, has trouble forming
words, appears disinterested in public and mangles his sentences. In other
appearances he rambles and appears unable to focus. During the Katrina
crisis he displayed little emotion or compassion when confronted with the
horrors along the Gulf Coast.
This web site reported last year that the White House physician had placed
the President on anti-depressants. If Bush is mixing alcohol and
anti-depressant drugs his judgment which is already suspect is impaired
even more.
The President all too often is out of control, a White House source tells
me. People are afraid to risk his anger by telling him things he does not
want to hear. Newsweek magazine reported the same thing last week in their
story: How Bush Blew It.
The Enquirer interviewed Dr. Justin Frank, a Washington D.C. psychiatrist
and author of Bush On The Couch: Inside The Mind Of The President.
I do think that Bush is drinking again, Frank said. Alcoholics who are
not in any program, like the President, have a hard time when stress gets to
be great. I think it's a concern that Bush disappears during times of
stress. He spends so much time on his ranch. It's very frightening.
Dr. Frank is a highly-respected psychiatrist at George Washington University
and his book about the Presidents problems has been praised by other
psychiatric experts. We interviewed him last year for the stories about the
Presidents deteriorating mental state and his conclusions confirm Bush is
losing it.
White House aides tell me rumors about the Presidents drinking began
circulating last year in the West Wing along with questions about possible
abuse of prescription drugs. They report wide mood swings, cancelled
meetings and an ever-decreasing number of aides with direct access to Bush.
Two questions that the press seems particularly determined to ignore have
hung silently in the air since before Bush took office, Dr. Frank told us
in August. Is he still drinking? And if not, is he impaired by all the
years he did spend drinking? Both questions need to be addressed in any
serious assessment of his psychological state.
Its scary enough to have a nutcase in the White House. Its even scarier to
think that nutcase may be drunk.
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